The Higher Learning Commission (UW’s accrediting body) offers this definition of assessment: “Effective assessment is best understood as a strategy for understanding, confirming, and improving student ...

Today’s post is the third in a series on how teachers can structure lessons so that students see them as relevant to their lives. “Why do I need to wear a seatbelt? What style of seatbelt protects me ...

Research indicates that repetition and distributed practice effectively fires and rewires the brain, thereby strengthening memory and improving learning potential. This approach aims to develop and ...

What’s the right answer? What if there isn’t one and you need to create it? Or there is more than one and you need to select it? What if what you really should be asking is a different question? From ...